Chase

The Dog Chase was created in honor of my best friend Chase.  Chase was killed by a rattlesnake four years ago.  Chase died in my arms following one of the most horrible deaths I had ever seen.  He is still very much on my mind and my emotions still are very strong when I think about him. 

Chase was one of those very rare special dogs who loved everyone and no matter what happened life was good.  He didn't bark until he was six months old and I was surprised to hear his deep voice for a small dog...and very thankful.  He would grunt when he disapproved of something.  For the most part he was very quiet.

When he was a puppy he would dig holes straight down in the ground and I would have to pull him out by his hind legs.  He was just so happy all the time.  I had never known anyone to be that happy.

He would go to the store with me and stay in the car.  I would be in the store and a horn would start honking.  I would tell the clerk "Oh it's just my dog, he thinks I have been in here too long".  There he would be behind the wheel laying on the horn.

We had a fish pond with a stream and Chase would stand in the stream and pet the fish.  When we did get another pug Chase would bat him around like he was one of his toys.  I kept telling him that the puppy was going to get bigger.  Chase was the best mom to our other pug you could ever ask for.  Our other pug Bugsy has not been the same since Chase died.  He is never happy or playful.

Chase would use mirrors to watch you instead of looking at you directly.  If you moved he would come flying around the corner to see where you were going. 

I forgot to shut the side gate one morning on my way to work.  When I came home Chase was sitting at the side gate just starring at me at tad discussed letting me know that I had made a mistake and put his life in jeopardy.  We had a lot of pit bulls that ran loose in or neighborhood and it actually was dangerous.

 I always got the feeling he knew something that no one else knew.  Maybe it was that life is just too short to spend it unhappy.